A facile conversion of alcohols into p-methoxybenzyl ethers (PMB-ethers) using p-methoxybenzyl alcohol-Yb(OTf)3

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 8943-8944

  Sharma, G V M ^a   Mahalingam, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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Indexed keywords

4 METHOXYBENZYL ALCOHOL; 4 METHOXYBENZYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; METAL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YTTERBIUM;

CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; NOTE; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033607588     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo990563x     Document Type: Note

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10. The starting materials for the preparation of compounds 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, and 11 are commercial samples. Compounds 6 and 9 were prepared from the corresponding known aldehydes by Grignard reaction with the respective bromides. Compounds 3-5 were prepared by known methods from the commercially available diol.